diff --git a/src/gui.rs b/src/gui.rs
index 80ca088..7a56a0a 100644
--- a/src/gui.rs
+++ b/src/gui.rs
@@ -1633,20 +1633,40 @@ impl App {
         let profile_path = self.path.clone();
         let allow = self.allow_layout;
         // Compile the profile's window_match patterns once, outside the
-        // poll loop. If a pattern is malformed we treat it as "not
-        // configured" rather than crashing the auto-apply thread.
+        // poll loop. Malformed patterns are logged as a warning rather
+        // than silently treated as "no pattern" — the latter would make
+        // a typo in the YAML fall back to firing on ANY client, which
+        // is the exact bug we fixed in 7c94417.
         let class_pat = self
             .profile
             .window_match
             .class
             .as_deref()
-            .and_then(|p| regex::Regex::new(p).ok());
+            .and_then(|p| match regex::Regex::new(p) {
+                Ok(re) => Some(re),
+                Err(e) => {
+                    tracing::warn!(
+                        "arm_auto_apply: invalid window_match.class regex {:?}: {}",
+                        p, e
+                    );
+                    None
+                }
+            });
         let title_pat = self
             .profile
             .window_match
             .title
             .as_deref()
-            .and_then(|p| regex::Regex::new(p).ok());
+            .and_then(|p| match regex::Regex::new(p) {
+                Ok(re) => Some(re),
+                Err(e) => {
+                    tracing::warn!(
+                        "arm_auto_apply: invalid window_match.title regex {:?}: {}",
+                        p, e
+                    );
+                    None
+                }
+            });
         let any_pattern = class_pat.is_some() || title_pat.is_some();
         std::thread::Builder::new()
             .name("enboxer-auto-apply".into())
diff --git a/src/session.rs b/src/session.rs
index 9527ee3..5a9bbf6 100644
--- a/src/session.rs
+++ b/src/session.rs
@@ -1022,7 +1022,20 @@ async fn execute(actions: Vec<Action>, slots: &[(u32, Client)]) -> Result<()> {
                 };
                 for id in ids {
                     if let Some((_, c)) = slots.iter().find(|(s, _)| *s == id) {
-                        hypr::deliver_key(c, &key, parsed_state).await?;
+                        // Per-slot failures must NOT abort the rest of the
+                        // chain. For example, a smart_interact (CTM on -> Alt+J
+                        // -> sleep -> CTM off) must keep going through every
+                        // captured slot even if one wlr-keyboard barf means
+                        // Alt+J never lands on that client — otherwise CTM
+                        // can stay on for the survivors and the user has to
+                        // manually reset it.
+                        if let Err(e) =
+                            hypr::deliver_key(c, &key, parsed_state).await
+                        {
+                            tracing::warn!(
+                                "deliver_key slot {id} key {key:?} failed: {e}"
+                            );
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }